TITLES: Became by writ Lord Oldcastle or Lord Cobham 1409.
TITLES: Extinct> Upon his death in 1417 any Barony created by writ became extinct.

RESIDENCE: Of Almeley, Herfordshire, England.

PUNISHMENT: Imprisonment and Execution> Pronounced by Court Eccelesiastical an incorrigible heretic 1413; imprisoned in Tower; escaped from Tower; captured in Wales, conveyed to London, tried and sentenced to be hanged; hanged as a heretic as a Lollard, and a traitor.

INVESTIGATE: Kinship> Has been stated that he had by 1st wife, 2 sons and 2 daughters, not identified; by 2nd wife, no issue; by 3rd wife, a daughter who was presumably Joan, Lady Cobham's daughter by her second husband, Sir Reynold Braybroke, see The Complete Peerage vol. 10 p. 48 fn. b.

Sir John Oldcastle (died 14 December 1417), EnglishLollard leader. Being a friend of Henry V, he long escaped prosecution for heresy. When convicted, he escaped from the Tower of London and then led a rebellion against the King. Eventually, he was captured and executed in London. He formed the basis for William Shakespeare's character John Falstaff, who was originally called John Oldcastle.